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E. BELOT. MACHINE FOR PACKETING TOBACCO OR OTHER LIKE MATERIALS.

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ATENT MACHINE FDR PACKETING TOBACCO OR OTHER LIKE MATERIALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 715,340, dated December9, 1902.

Application filed August 11, 1900. Serial No. 26,590. (No model.)

.0 all; whmn, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILE BELOT, a citizen of the French Republic,residing at Paris, in the department of the Seine, France, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Packeting Tobacco orother Like Materials, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has been patented to me in France, No. 296,126, January13, 1900.

My invention relates to a packeting-machine which automatically deliversthe paper from a roll or web, automatically puts the labels on thecharged packets, and gives the tobacco a pressure which can be easilyregulated.

My packeting-machine essentially consists of a central mechanismdestined to compress the tobacco in three directions when it arrives inloose lumps from the balance-scales, of two equal and symmetrical sidemechanisms which serve to transform continuous tapes of paper into bagsby means of hollow cores, of two intermediate mechanisms for the purposeof bringing the said cores bearing the bags in front of the orifices ofthe compressingcases, of the mechanism placed on top of the centralmechanism and destined to carry the gummed labels behind the bottom ofthe bags, and, finally, of a mechanism in relation with the centralcompressing mechanism in order to receive in vessels borne by a carriagethe packets filled, provided with labels, and ready to be closed byhand.

Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a side View, of the machine.Fig. 3 is a plan from which are omitted certain details relating to thelabels and the making of the bags. Fig. 4 is a front view of thetobacco-cases and the label mechanism. Fig. 5 is a side view of thesame, showing the tobacco-cases partly in section. Fig. 6 is a frontview, and Fig. 7 is a side view, of the bag mechanism. Fig. 8 is a frontview like that of Fig. 1, but on a larger scale and wherein the bags,represented in their details in'Figs. 13, 14, 15, and 16, have beenremoved from the details of the mechanism. The tobacco-cases arerepresented in section, and the symmetrical right and left parts of themechanism are shown in different phases of their compressing the 12 is apartial section of the carrier bringing on a terminated packet. In Figs.9, 10, 11, and 12 the paper and the labels are shown by a mixed lineFigs. 13, 14, and 15 show details of the elements of the machine. Fig.16 is a plan view of Fig. 15. Fig. 17, at last, is a plan View like thatof Fig. 3, but on a larger scale and showing some accessory elements notrepresented in Fig. 3.

The same reference letters and numerals denote the same parts in theseveral figures. The machine comprises two tobacco-cases A, eachprovided with a balance-scale B, two mechanisms for gumming and placingthe labels carried by the column C, two bag-machines,qu itesymmetrical,carried by the frame D, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and carrying thepaperrolls E. By this combination the machine can occupy two weighingfemales placed each in front of one of the balance-scales B, and aworkwoman placed in front of the two-celled carriage F, Figs. 2 and 3,which brings her the packets, which she finishes and removes, one witheach hand.

The general frame of the machine comprises two feet G, the left oneofwhich carries the main shaft 1. The feet G carry the bag-machines D.They are connected to the cheeks H, which have between them themechanism for packing and pressing the tobacco andcarry thetobacco-cases A and the column 0. The cheeks H are connected on the oneside in an arch, forming a bracket I, which carries the packet-carriageF, and on the other side in a bracket .I,which carries the mechanism forthe longitudinal rammers K of the tobacco.

The main shaft 1 drives the shafts 2 and the countershaft 3, whichcommunicates motion to the shaft i, which in its turn drives bybevel-gear the shafts 5 and 6, that carry the cams for the bagmechanisms.

The shaft 2 has on it an eccentric 7, which Works the rack 8 for thelabel movement, and the mutilated wheel 9, having a toothed sector 10.This wheel gears intermittently with the wheel 11 on the crank-shaft M,which by the connecting-rod N works the beam 0, Fig. 3.

The shaft 4 carries, Figs. 1 and 2, the cam 2, regulating the movementsof the beam P, which is always shaved by the spring Q, giving pressureto the tobacco, as hereinafter described, the cam 13 working the leversR S of the plugs of the bag-bottoms and the cam 14 working the lever T,pivoted at U.

The shaft 5 carries the same cams as the shaft 6 for making the paperbags, and the same cam 15 disposed symmetrically so as to work on eachside by the levers V each of the lateral rammers X of the tobacco. Onthe right of Fig. 1 part is broken away to show the lateral rammer X,which gives the tobacco a horizontal pressure in the tobaccocase. Theshaft 5 also carries the cam 16, working the lever Y, which givesreciprocation to the levers Z, that raise the balancescales B.

The two bag-machines are quite symmetrical relatively to the verticalmiddle plane of the machine. Oonsequentlyit is only necessary todescribe the left-hand machine, Figs. 6 and 7.

In Fig. 7 the vertical wall V is supposed to be removed to show themechanism. The paper indicated by the dot-and-dash lineis drawn throughbetween the rollers 17 and 18, which are connected by equal gearing 19.The bell-crank lever 20, worked by a cam fixed on the shaft 5, gives anup-and-down mo: tion to the rack 21, gearing with a pinion having on itthe disk 22, carrying a pawl which acts on a one-toothed ratchet 23,fixed on the shaft of the roller 17, so as to cause it to rotateintermittently. The paper after passing the rollers 17 18 passes over atoothed knife 24, pivoted at 25 and worked by the setting-screw 26,which receives a reciprocating motion around the axis 27, on which isfixed the lever 28, worked by a roller acted on by a helicoidal cam onthe shaft 5. The same axis 27 moves the lever 30, to which is jointedthe rod 31, which serves to push the presser 32 of the bottom folds,which turns about the vertical axis 33. Two or more teeth of the knifeare a little deeper than the others, as is common in analogous machines,so as not entirely to cut the paper, so that after the out each sheetsticks to the next, and after passing under the curved guard 34 it takesthe vertical position 35. As shown in the right-hand part of Fig. 8,each time when the folding-wings 44 are caused to turn around the core36 they separate a sheet of paper from the following, breaking the lightadherence of the paper, whereby the sheets are kept together. Each ofthe hollow cores 36 of sheet-steel is mounted on an anglearmed lever 37,which can turn one-quarter around the axis 38, being worked by a rod 39,jointed to a lever 40, the roller 41 of which is raised by a cam 42 onthe shaft 5. In the position where the paper folds around the core toform the bag (indicated by the dotted lines 2 36) the core has beenlowered by the above mechanism to face the plate 43, which carries thefolding-wings 44 and the axis 33 of the bottom-presser. Each of thesewings, Fig. 7, is caused to turn on a horizontal pivot fixed in theplate 43 one-quarter around by the rollers of the lever 46, caused toturn around 47 by cams 48 on the shaft 5. Each wing 44 has three faceswhich wind two by two at right angles, Fig. 6, so that each winddetermines the fold over two longitudinal faces of the core and one ofthe bottom folds. The lower wing differs from the upper only by theaddition of the pallet 49, pivoted at 50 on the wing itself, so thatwhen the wing rises through ninety degrees the slotted rod 51 at acertain moment meets the pin 52 on the pallet 49, causing it to form thethird bottom fold of the bag.

On Figs. 13, 14, and 15, where the presser 32 is removed for the sake ofgreater clearness, it is distinctly to be seen how the successivefolding of the paper around the core 36 is obtained. In Fig. 13 twolongitudinal folds and the first fold of the bottom are determined bythe upper folding-wing 44. In Fig. 14 the third longitudinal fold isdetermined by the rising of the lower folding-wing, while the slottedrod 51, turning on the stationary pivot 94, begins to act on the pin 52of the pallet 49. In Fig. 15 it is shown how the fourth longitudinalfold and the second and third folds of the bottom are terminated, thislast fold through the pallet 49.

On Fig. 16, which is a plan View of Fig. 15, it will be seen how thepresser 32 by pressing on the bottom of the core 36 forms the fourthbottom fold and keeps all the others on the sheet of the core and,should this be necessary, on the ends of the pressers fastened to theextremities of the lever S, Figs. 8 and 9. Finally, a presser 53,traveling with the lever 37, maintains the longitudinal fold of the baguntil it is filled. For this purpose in order to allow the paper to foldaround the core 36 the lug 54 of the presser comes in contact with theend 55 of the lever 56, which is Worked by the cam 57 on the shaft 5.The lug 54 then lifts the presser off during the folding of the paperand lets it return on the folded paper.

The mechanism for bringing the gummed labels to the bottom of the bags,Figs. 4 and 5, consists of two similar parts corresponding,respectively, to the two tobacco-cases A. On the right side of Fig. 4parts are broken away to show the label-box 58 and the gummer 59, withits float 60. The label-boxes 58 rock freely on the shaft 61. Springs62, fixed to the top of the column 0, always urge the labelboxes to turnon 61 from left to right, Fig. 5.

I the end of the lever 83.

A lever 63 of U form is fixed on the shaft 61. Each of its limbs bearingon studs 64, fixed on the boxes 58, prevents it from obeying the springs62. The lever 63 is worked by the rod 65 and the bent lever 66, Fig. 2.The aluminium floats 60, immersed in the gumreservoirs 59, distributethe gum under the gum metal drivers 67, which are intermittently movedby ratchet and pawl by means of the rack 8. The rotation of the drums 67is communicated to the drivers 68 by gear 69. Between the drums 67 and68 pass endless tapes 70, of fabric served with caoutchouc, which arethus gummed and intermittently moved in the direction of the arrow.These tapes pass partly around the stretching-roller 71, adjusted byscrews 72, and over the drums 73, which are free on the shaft 74, underthe guards 75, and under the free roller 76. Every time that the boxes58, filled with labels in an almost vertical position, can obey thesprings 62 and approach the gumming tapes '70 a label adheres to eachtape to be then led by it in the direction of the arrow applied to itssurface by the guard 75. Each label by its weight and the part 77 isdetached from the tape and hangs in gummed condition behind the bottomof the bag on the core 36.

In Fig. 9 the rack 8 is shown at the moment when it is caused by theeccentric '7 to begin its rising in order to produce the rolling off ofthe tape-70. In Fig. 10 the rolling off of the tape as required isterminated, and a label is suspended behind the bottom of the bag. thelabel-box 58 is kept afar as long as required from the glued tape 70 bymeans of the lever 63 and the pin 64; but as the said box is caused torise through the action of the spring 62, Fig. 5, it executes thismovement, Fig. 10, as soon the roller 95, depending on the mechanism 0N, acts on the lever 66. Thereby a label will be affixed with its upperextremity on the tape 70.

Oscillating pieces 72 are provided as stops for preventing the tobaccofrom leaving the cases A until the cores 36 come to close the mouths ofthese cases.

The tobacco undergoes the following operations: Being passed into thecases A by the balancescales B, worked by the levers Z, it is inclosedin the lower parts of the cases A by the flaps 80, which rock on theshaft 81, Figs. 4 and 5. These fiaps are constantly urged to open bysprings 82. They are closed by the lever T bearing against the roller onl/Vhen closed, the faces of the flaps are horizontal. The tobacco thenoccupies the space bounded by the rectangles 9O 91 92 93, on whichlaterally press rammers X of the same area worked as previouslydescribed. After the action of these lateral rammers the tobacco issqueezed to the section of the hollow cores 36, which is the same asthat of the faces of the rammers K. These latter, which are joined tothe crosshead 84, worked by the beam 0, as previously It is,furthermore, shown in Fig. 9 how' described, begin to move horizontallyand force the tobacco out of the cases A, the stop 78 being then out ofthe way. The tobacco enters the interior of the cores 36, which are cladexternally by the-paper bags, Figs. l and 5. At the same time thecarriage F, urged by the spring Q, acting on the beam P, slides alongthe upper part of the bracket I from the position shown in Fig. 2 tothat shown in section in Fig. 5, inc-asing the cores 36 and applying tothe bottoms and lower sides of the bags the gummed labels hanging fromthetapes 70. The rammers K continue their horizontal strokes, passthrough the cores 36, forcing the tobacco into the bags, the bottoms ofwhich bear on the vertical sides of the cells F,with a pressureregulated by the spring Q. The cell-carriage F is thus moved back to theposition shown in Fig. 2, with the two packets filled withtobacco,compressed, and furnished with labels. woman to close thepackets by means of the gummed labels and to take them out of the cellsF. During this operation the cam 12 keeps the carriage at rest withoutallowing it to obey the spring Q.

The different phases of the compressing work are shown in theirsuccession in the Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. In Fig. 8, left side case,the tobacco in loosestate is dropped into the said case, whereitreceives the first compression by the flap 80, which comes down andincloses the tobacco in the case, Fig. 11. immediately thereafter (rightside case of Fig. 8) it receives a compression in a lateral directionthrough the press-rammer X, acting in a direction perpendicular to thatof the first compress-ion. The third compression at last is effected ina direction perpendicular to the two first ones through the longitudinalrammers K, worked through the action of the beam 0, forming, with therod 97, which oscillates on the point 98, and with the rods 96, whichoscillate on the points 99, a system of such a nature that the axis 100,whereon the rammers K are articulated, is compelled to describe astraight line. In the measure as the brace M turns, Fig. 10, the rammersK advance from the left side to the right side, and Fig. 10 shows thetobacco at the very moment when it passes from the case A into the core36, furnished with its bag. At the same moment the carriage F arrives atthe bottom of the bag and there affixes the label suspended from thetape 70. At last, Fig. 12, the rammer K being at the extremity of itsstroke on the right-hand side has driven back the carriage F,surmounting the antagonistic effort of the spring Q, acting through themedium of the tobacco contained in the packet. The latter is therebybrought into the carriage F, where it may be still more compressed whenit comes to the end of its run by the abutting device 101, provided withan adjustable screw. The rammers K return to their position shown inFig. 9 by traversing the empty cores.

It only remains for the work- It is to be understood that the core 36 israised from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 to thatindicated by full lines in the same figure and that the tobacco is theninserted while the core is in the latter position.

Having thus described the nature of this invention and the best means Iknow for carrying the same into practical effect, I claim- 1. In apacking-machine for tobacco, 860., means for compressing material inthree directions at right angles embodying flaps pivotally mounted,reciprocating celled carriages, lateral rammers, longitudinal rammers,packet-making mechanism and coopcrating devices for actuating said flapsand carriages, substantially as described.

2. In a packing-machine of the class described, the combination With thetobaccocases and a shaft and its operating means, of hinged flapsmounted to rock in said cases on said shaft, springs acting on saidflaps to urge them open, a lever acting on said shaft and carrying aroller, a lever disposed to act upon said roller, and a cam foractuating the last-mentioned lever.

3. In a packing-machine of the class described, the combination With thetobaccocases and a shaft and its operating means, of hinged flaps insaid cases at the bottoms thereof mounted to rock on said shaft, springsacting on said flaps to urge them open, a lever acting on said shaft andcarrying a roller, a lever disposed to act upon said roller and a camfor actuating the last-mentioned lever, rammers, reciprocating celledcarriages, cores through which said rammers work and means for providingan adjustable pressure for the bottoms of the bags on the vertical sidesof the cells of said carriages.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

, EMILE BELOT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. MAcLEAN, JULEs FAYOLLET.

